More than 75,000 employees at Kaiser Permanente began one of the largest healthcare workers strikes in recent US history on Wednesday after failing to resolve a dispute over staffing levels. The strike of union members at the largest non-profit healthcare organisation in the United States began on Wednesday morning at sites in Virginia and the District of Columbia. It is …

Representative Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, as infighting among his fellow Republicans plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it narrowly averted a government shutdown. By a vote of 216 to 210, McCarthy was ousted on Tuesday, making it the first time in the history that the House removed …

The United States President, Joe Biden’s son Hunter is to appear in federal court in Delaware on Tuesday and is expected to plead not guilty to charges of illegally possessing a handgun. Hunter Biden, 53, is facing three felony charges stemming from his 2018 purchase of a .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver. Biden is charged with two counts of making false …

Nigerien Ministry of Defence officials said on Friday that over 100 militants were killed in a counter-offensive after hundreds of Islamist militants riding motorbikes attacked a town in the south-western part of the country, killing 12 soldiers. Seven soldiers were killed in combat, while five others died in a road accident responding to the attack. Jihadist attacks on the army …

United States President, Joe Biden has appointed two professionals who are of Nigerian descent as special advisers. Both Osagie Imasogie and Chineye Ogwumike were part of the 12 members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. The appointment was contained in a statement released by the State House on Wednesday. The members include Silvester …

A wedding celebration has been ruined by a fire outbreak, killing over a hundred participants and leaving another 150 injured. This sombre incident unfolded in the largest Christian town in Iraq, Nineveh province, during what should have been a joyous occasion. The exact cause of the fire remains unknown, although there are reports suggesting fireworks might have ignited the inferno. …

Tanzania has culled millions of quelea birds to prevent them from destroying rice fields, using drones and planes to monitor commercial farms, the country’s plants and pesticides watchdog said Wednesday. The Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority (TPHPA) which is also responsible for controlling desert locusts, killed five million quelea birds in the northern region of Manyara last week where …

The United Kingdom’s first official drug consumption room for illegal drugs will open in Scotland after receiving approval Wednesday, after years of arguments over the controversial harm-reduction policy for addicts. The £2.3 million ($2.8 million) facility in Glasgow will allow users to take their own drugs in a clean environment under medical supervision. The Glasgow City Integration Joint Board finally …

South African anti-apartheid struggle hero, Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Zoleka Mandela, has died of cancer aged 43, her family said on Tuesday. Known for having detailed her long battle against the disease, the author was admitted into hospital on Monday as part of her ongoing treatment, a family spokesman said. “Zoleka passed away… surrounded by friends and family,” said Zwelabo Mandela. …

The Russian Government, on Monday, said it had placed the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is seeking the arrest of President Vladimir Putin, on its wanted list. “Hofmanski Piotr Jozef, Polish. Wanted under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,” Russian news agencies reported, citing the Interior Ministry. Russian army has recruited 280,000 soldiers …